Blarney Electoral Area Local Area Plan SCHEDULE Issue Date Containing No. 1 September 2005 Blarney Electoral Area Local Area Plan Copyright © Cork County Council 2006 – all rights reserved Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSi Licence number 2004/07CCMA/Cork County Council Unauthorised reproduction infringes Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2006 Printed on 100% Recycled Paper Blarney Electoral Area Local Area Plan, September 2005 Blarney Electoral Area Local Area Plan, September 2005 FOREWORD Note From The Mayor Note From The Manager The Local Area Plan concept was introduced in the Planning and Development Act The adoption of these Local Area Plans follows an extensive process of public 2000 and this is the first time such plans have been prepared for County Cork. Each consultation with a broad range of interested individuals, groups and organisations in Electoral Area Local Area Plan sets out a detailed framework for the future the County who put forward their views and ideas on the future development of their development of the ten Electoral Areas over the next six years. The Local Area local area and how future challenges should be tackled. Plans are guided by the framework established by the County Development Plan 2003 (as varied) but have a local focus and address a broad range of pressures and We in the Council have built on these ideas and suggestions and local knowledge in needs facing each Electoral Area at this time. The Plans are the outcome of a formulating the Local Area Plans which establish a settlement network in every lengthy process of public consultation and engagement by the Elected Members of Electoral Area as a means of fostering and guiding future development and meeting Council. local needs. This has been achieved with the encouragement and expertise of our planners in the Planning Policy Section and with the support of the County Manager I wish to express my appreciation to the Mayor and Members of the Council: to the and his other officials. officials of the Council who worked on and contributed to the preparation of the Plans, and to the very large numbers of the general public who engaged in the consultation process and expressed their views. All have contributed to the The end result, I believe, is a series of locally focused Local Area Plans that set out a formulation of a series of Local Area Plans of which we can all be proud. clear and shared vision for the future development of each Electoral Area in the county. I am confident that the Plans will make an important contribution to the sustainable growth and development of the county into the future. Cllr. Michael Creed Mayor of the County of Cork Maurice Moloney, Cork County Manager September 2005 September 2005 i Blarney Electoral Area Local Area Plan, September 2005 ii Blarney Electoral Area Local Area Plan, September 2005 Contents Blarney Electoral Area Section 5 Transport and Infrastructure 11. Killeens………………………………………... 78 5.1 Strategic Principles……………………………. 17 12. Knockraha……………………………………... 80 Local Area Plan 5.2 Transport……………………………………… 17 13. Upper Glanmire……………………………….. 84 September 2005 5.3 Water Supplies and Drainage Schemes……….. 18 14. Whitechurch…………………………………… 88 5.4 Waste Recovery and Recycling………………. 19 Section 1 Introduction to the Blarney Electoral Area 5.5 Energy and Communications…………………. 19 Village Nuclei……………………………………. 92 Local Area Plan 15. Berrings………………………………………... 93 1.1 Introduction…………………………………… 1 Section 6 Housing and Community Facilities 16. Cloghroe………………………………………. 96 1.2 Purpose of the Plan……………………………. 1 6.1 Strategic Principles……………………………. 21 17. Courtbrack…………………………………….. 98 1.3 The Process That Has Been Followed………... 1 6.2 Housing – Overall Approach…………………. 21 18. Dublin Pike……………………………………. 100 1.4 Main Settlements.……………………………... 1 6.3 Residential Densities Within Main Towns…… 21 19. Firmount……………………………………….. 102 1.5 The Form and Content of the Plan……………. 1 6.4 Residential Densities in Smaller Settlements…. 21 20. Matehy………………………………………… 104 6.5 Community Facilities…………………………. 21 21. Rathduff……………………………………….. 106 Section 2 Overall Strategy 2.1 Strategic Planning Context……………………. 3 Section 7 Environment and Heritage Other Locations………………………………….. 108 2.2 Settlement Strategy…………………………… 5 7.1 Strategic Principles……………………………. 23 22. Bottlehill (Landfill)……………………………. 109 2.3 Land Use and Zoning…………………………. 6 7.2 The Natural Environment……………………... 23 23. Clogheen………………………………………. 110 2.4 Green Belts Around Towns…………………… 7 7.3 Scenic Amenity, Views and Prospects……….. 23 24. Killard…………………………………………. 110 7.4 Built Environment…………………………….. 24 25. Inniscarra………………………………………. 110 7.5 Cultural Heritage……………………………… 24 26. Rathcooney……………………………………. 111 Section 3 Local Area Strategy 27. Templemichael………………………………… 112 3.1 The Blarney Electoral Area Strategy…………. 9 7.6 Archaeological Heritage………………………. 25 7.7 Landscape Assessment………………………... 25 28. Waterloo……………………………………….. 114 3.2 Growth and Development in the Blarney 29. Whites Cross…………………………………... 114 Electoral Area ………………………..……….. 9 7.8 Cork Harbour…………………………………. 27 3.3 Population Trends and Forecasts……………... 9 3.4 Distribution of Growth………………………... 9 Section 8 Settlements and Other Locations 3.5 Settlement Structure in the Blarney Main Settlements………………………………… 30 Electoral Area…………………………………. 9 1. Cork City – North Environs……………………33 3.6 Housing Land Supply…………………………. 10 2. Glanmire………………………………………. 39 3. Little Island……………………………………. 45 4. Tower………………………………………….. 49 Section 4 Employment and Economic Activity 4.1 Strategic Principles……………………………. 13 Key Villages……………………………………… 52 4.2 Agriculture……………………………………. 13 5. Carrignavar…………………………………….. 53 4.3 Industry and Enterprise……………………….. 13 6. Glenville……………………………………….. 56 4.4 Retail and Commerce…………………………. 13 7. Grenagh………………………………………... 60 4.5 Tourism……………………………………….. 14 4.6 Mineral Extraction……………………………. 14 Villages…………………………………………… 64 4.7 Forestry……………………………………….. 15 8. Dripsey………………………………………… 65 9. Glounthaune…………………………………… 72 10. Kerry Pike…………………………………….. 76 iii Blarney Electoral Area Local Area Plan, September 2005 Blarney Electoral Area Local Area Plan, September 2005 ` Section 1: Introduction to the Blarney Electoral Area Local Area Plan x Indicate the period for which it is to remain in force. the Council resolved to publish the proposed amendment that was published on 6th June 2005. 1.2.2. In the hierarchy of plans; locally, regionally and nationally, the local Section 1 area plans will complete the suite of plans which will give plan coverage to 1.3.2. A total of 184 submissions or observations were received in Introduction to the Blarney Electoral Area the entire county based on a framework designed to co-ordinate future response to the public consultation carried out regarding the proposed development and planning in a sustainable way. amendment and these submissions were addressed in the Manager’s Local Area Plan report under section 20 (3) (F) of the Planning and Development Acts Local Area Plan Principles (as amended), published in August 2005. 1.1 Introduction The Local Area Plans were founded on four main principles to ensure that 1.3.3. The final phase in preparing the Local Area Plan occurred at a the ten plans covering all the electoral areas in the county were done in a Council Meeting on the 5th and 6th September when the Members of 1.1.1. This local area plan was formally made by Cork County Council balanced and sustainable manner; the Council considered the Manager’s Report and voted to accept, at its meeting on the 6th September 2005. It was prepared in modify, and omit proposed changes and adopt the Local Area Plans accordance with the process as set out in the Planning and Development 1. Must be locally focused: Local Area Plans deal mainly with the and the Local Area Plans and Special Local Area Plans Enabling Act 2000 (as amended). It is a six year Local Area Plan for the Electoral smaller settlements, villages, village nuclei and the agricultural and Variation to the Cork County Development Plan 2003. Area that sets out, as concisely as possible, the planning policy for the coastal areas that surround them. They must not become an electoral area. attempt to re-make the Cork County Development Plan 2003 (as varied). 1.4 Main Settlements 1.1.2. In order to simplify the planning framework, the zoning maps and associated text for the 31 main settlements will no longer be found in the 2. Must be capable of being implemented: Local Area Plans should 1.4.1. In order to simplify the planning framework in the County, all be practical and only address things that are concerned with land Cork County Development Plan 2003 (as varied), as these have been zoning maps and associated text is contained within the appropriate use planning. They cannot solve all local issues and problems. If moved to the appropriate Local Area Plan. Electoral Area Local Area Plan or Special Local Area Plan and not the they are too broad and aspirational they will have limited use and Cork County Development Plan 2003 (as varied). From the adoption of 1.1.3. In the case of Midleton, Carrigtwohill and Blarney the maps and cannot be implemented. the Local Area Plans and Special Local Area Plans all land use zoning text from the Cork County Development Plan 2003 (as varied) is maps and associated text are now found in one document. superseded by the Special Local Area Plan (SLAP) for each of these 3. All local area plans have equal importance: Everyone’s local area settlements. is important to the people who live there. This applies to areas 1.4.2. To achieve this it was necessary to move the text and zoning under severe development pressure (e.g. in Metropolitan Cork) as maps for the 31 main settlements, including the main towns and 1.1.4. Subject to any interim variations that might be made by the well as to areas that are declining and have little development strategic industrial locations, contained in Volumes 3 and 4 of the Cork Council the Local Area Plan will remain in force until late 2011. activity (e.g. in parts of North-West Cork).